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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1910
Page
7
Chicago motor club lists top national stock chassis road racers for Elgin event. Stars like Robertson and Mulford join Harroun and Grant along with many others in a 300 mile high trophy race and several supporting heats. Elgin crowds expect 10 am starts with 9 pm course closing. parking for 5000 cars and stands for 7000.
Art Greiner and Al Livingstone of the National team enter the Elgin national stock car races on August 26 and 27. Livingstone, a Pacific coast star nicknamed The King of the Dirt Track, is entered by the National Automobile Company of Illinois. Greiner, famed as the west’s greatest amateur, has won mile-tracks races in the south and excelled at Algonquin, with a strong Indianapolis season this year finishing in the money in eleven of thirteen starts.
Toledo on Friday hosts Barney Oldfield and other top autoists under the auspices of the event. Oldfield will attempt to lower the world record for a mile on a half mile track, with several other notable drivers expected to participate.
Sinater, the Kansas first baseman, has been secured for Pittsburg.
The calm Harry Grant, winner of the 1909 Vanderbilt cup, will drive an Alco six in a string of road races starting with the Grand Prize on Oct. 15 at Fairmount Park and Elgin on Aug. 27. He will defend the Vanderbilt cup on Oct. 1 and drive the same 60 horsepower stock car in all events. Grant emphasizes lasting power and consistent running over sheer speed.
In Toledo Ohio on Friday the first game of a double header lasted ten innings with Toledo winning 5 to 4. The second game ended after seven innings due to darkness with St Paul defeating Toledo 4 to 2.
Ralph DePalma wins at Brighton Beach on Saturday August 13 breaking his own ten mile record in 9 minutes 31.51 seconds and then clocks a new five mile best of 4 minutes 36.6 seconds. The crowd notes the improved cement banking on the course while DePalma holds both marks.
The contest board of the AAA ruled that the mile mark and other records credited to Oldfield at Hamline track Minneapolis do not stand. DePalma drives a Fiat with Edward Parker as alternate in the Brighton twenty four hour race August 19 20.
George A. Weidely led Premier Motor Manufacturing Co engineers in a 900 mile trial with six passengers and baggage. The six cylinder car averaged over 27 mph with a 31.5 mph start and 3 hours 20 minutes for a 109 mile return leg, proving reliability and early speed for the 1911 model.
Will H. Brown discusses autumn drives from Indianapolis and explains car fundamentals. He explains three point engine support, straight line drive with a universal joint, and the importance of a strong rigid frame using cold rolled steel and T beam construction.
Marion Ohio reports Emmett Reilly star catcher for the local Ohio state league team was sold Friday to Louisville for catcher Schreckengost. Terms not officially released but Marion received several hundred dollars as cash consideration. Reilly to report to Louisville Saturday.
Industrial leader Joseph W. Jones urged uniform national road building with deep foundations and tarred surfaces after touring Europe. He spoke at Brussels’ road congress as a U S government agent and Touring Club of America director, endorsing Britain France models and ongoing experiments by major clubs.
Mr Jones cites Europe’s splendid roads and signposted networks as ideal models and urges a national road congress. He notes Great Britain’s smooth surfaces and heavy vehicle tests, praises Touring Club of France efforts, and points to Logan Waller Page’s potential role in organizing discussions on highway construction and maintenance.
White River near the city hosts the Premier II, one of America's fastest inland water craft. Built by Merreshoff and powered by a 60 horsepower Premier motor, it has clocked 25 mph on short runs and may soon race long distances on Lake Michigan under expert pilots Ray F. McNamara and George A. Weidely.
Representatives of the E. R. Thomas motor company from across the country gather at the Statler hotel in Buffalo for a three day convention August 18 19 and 20. The meeting aims to foster understanding and goodwill between factory and agencies and to convince dealers of the Thomas product’s superiority through logical demonstration and clear facts.
Louis A. Disbrow, in a National car, won the ten mile pursuit at Brighton Beach on August 13 and placed second and third in the five mile free for all and ten mile events. His strong showing drew metropolitan praise and interest from several manufacturers aiming for Vanderbilt Cup and Grand Prize races next October.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway will award $1,300 in salaries to winners of the helmet prize and the brassard as extra inducements for the close of the racing season. The helmet, a ten mile stock car race prize, carries a weekly $1 stipend and a total payout reaching $660 by Thanksgiving. Wild Bob Burman and Eddie Hearne are past winners, with a next win requiring defense at the following meet. The fall program on Sept 3 and 5 features long distance races, with many manufacturers and famed drivers entered.
Barney Oldfield and his wife will begin a world tour in late November starting at Honolulu. They will visit Japan, China, Australia, India, Egypt and several European destinations. Oldfield will drive his 200 horsepower Benz to chase foreign speed records on the route, aiming to lower British marks at Brooklands before returning home in spring.
Con O Kelly of Syracuse won a popular decision over Billy Edwards of Pittsburgh in an eight round bout held Friday in Watertown under the Garland city athletic club.
An archival listing presents various auto brands and dealers in Indianapolis including The Motor Car Center American Garage and Crescent Auto Co. along with brands such as E M F Overland Studebaker Hupmobile and Mitchell. The fragmentary text names multiple addresses and dealer references across institutions like National and Stearns Jackson and to Sales Co. in Kentucky Ave.
In Columbus Ohio on August 20 Arbogast drove in Reilly for the winning run in the eighth inning as Columbus beat Milwaukee 6 to 3. The catcher added two RBIs in the sixth. In the second game Milwaukee triumphed 14 to 7, with Columbus pitchers issuing seven walks that were turned into runs by errors and timely hits.
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